Intermediate Filaments

• Main Author: Paramio, Jesús M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Pathology.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Medical Microbiology.

Intermediate Filaments focuses on desmin and other intermediate filaments in disease and health. This new volume will serve as a resource for graduate students and researchers in the field.

Table of Contents:

• Desmin and Other Intermediate Filaments in Normal and Diseased Muscle
• Intermediate Filaments in Astrocytes in Health and Disease
• Neuronal Intermediate Filaments and Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Neurofilaments
• Keratin Intermediate Filaments and Diseases of the Skin
• The Keratin K6 Minifamily of Genes
• Transcriptional Regulation of Keratin Gene Expression
• Simple Epithelial Keratins
• Keratins as Targets in and Modulators of Liver Diseases
• The Search for Specific Keratin Functions.